Events Interested in a fun and safe environment where you can discuss important and controversial issues? Want to meet others like you? You can join us at: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FORUM and/or INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES THEME HOUSE These are places where community, diversity, and international concerns are valued. Through hosting distinguished speakers, events, field trips and discussion forums we address vital issues via open dialogue. Open to the UCI community and the public. For more information contact Paula Garb |
UCI Difficult Dialogues Events- Spring Quarter 2008
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OneVoice Campus Tour The OneVoice Movement is a mass grassroots movement in the Middle East. To learn more, please visit www.OneMillionVoices.org. Tuesday, April 22, 2008; 3:30-5 p.m. For more information about this event, please contact Mike Roesler, mroesler@uci.edu or 949-824-8687; or Laurel Rapp, Laurel@OneVoiceMovement.org or 212-897-3985 ext.124. Sponsors: The Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, Middle East Studies Student Initiative, Difficult Dialogue Project, Anteaters for Israel and the Society of Arab Students.
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- Spring Quarter 2007
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Unstable Racial Boundaries: Skin Color Hierarchy, Immigration and Multiracialism in the United States Friday, May 18, 2007; 1:00-2:30pm Please RSVP to Sandy Cushman at scushman@uci.edu or 949-824-3344 Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, Departments of Political Science, Sociology, and Chicano Latino Studies Campus Event: Center for the Study of Democracy and Model United Nations present a lecture and discussion with Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America Thursday, May 3, 2007; 10:30-11:30 a.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are limited to one per person with proof of UC Irvine ID. Tickets are non-transferable and available on a first come, first serve basis. Former President Carter will address student-based questions pertaining to the Middle East, Palestine, and Israel. If you are interested in submitting a question, please visit www.socsci.uci.edu/events/carter/question.php. Questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Sponsors: The UCI Center for the Study of Democracy and Model United Nations, in association with the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding and Department of Political Science
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- Winter Quarter 2007
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OneVoice Thursday, March 8, 2007; 3:30-5:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: UCI School of Social Sciences International Studies Program, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, and the Cross-Cultural Center
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- Fall Quarter 2006
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Campus Event: The School of Medicine is pleased to sponsor Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer David A Hamburg, M.D., Never Again: Practical Steps Toward the Prevention of Genocide Wednesday, November 8, 2006; 7:30-8:30pm Reception following. Dr. David Hamburg, President Emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation, is a renowned International policy expert and co-author of over 70 Carnegie Commissioned reports on Conflict Resolution and Preventing Deadly Conflict. He played an active leadership role for the Carnegie Corporation in the resolution of the Cold War and reduction in nuclear danger. He was past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Currently Dr. Hamburg is Chair of the Advisory Committee to the UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide. He also serves as Distinguished Presidential Advisor on International Affairs, National Academy of Sciences, and is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Religious Diversity: An Interfaith Dialogue Wednesday, November 1, 2006; 7:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: Hillel: The Jewish Student Union, Muslim Student Union, Vice Chancellor Student Affairs, American Indian Student Union, Rainbow Festival Political Upheaval Abroad, Free Speech at Home: The Domestic Implications of International Crisis Thursday, October 5, 2006 Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsor: International Studies Program
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- Spring Quarter 2006
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The War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America May - November 2006; Langson Library Hours - Exhibit Opening Reception Wednesday, May 31, 2006; 5:30pm Abkhaz-Georgian Dialogue Tuesday, May 30, 2006; 2:30–3:30pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality/Department of Psychology and Social Behavior The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics Re-Examined Thursday, May 11, 2006, 2006; 7:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: 2005-2006 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow Series Why Israel? Why Palestine? The Jerusalem Dialogue Sunday, May 7, 2006; TBD Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The Cordoba Institute/The National Center for Learning and Achievement/The American Society for Muslim Advancement/MESSI As'ad AbuKhalil: The Islam Factor in Western Popular Cultures: Beyond the Danish Cartoons Wednesday, April 19, 2006; 2:30pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The Working Group/Center for Middle East and African Studies, the Department of Political Science, the UCI Difficult Dialogues Project, the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, the International Studies Program, the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, the Program in Women's Studies, and the Middle East Studies Student Initiative The Muslim Diaspora and Its Situation After 9/11 Thursday, March 30, 2006; TBD Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality / Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
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- Winter Quarter 2006
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Immigrants - How They Are Integrated Into American Society Monday, March 6, 2006 Psychological Earthquake in 2000 - The Basis for Understanding the Present Impasse in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Monday, March 6, 2006; 12:00-1:30pm and 6:00-7:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality / The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, The Department of Education The Role of Israeli and Palestinian Civil Society in Peace Building Monday, February 27, 2006; 7:30-9:30pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: Humanities Center, Global Cultures, GPACS, History, MESSI, SAS, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding and International Studies, Center for the Study of Democracy Student Workshop with Edward Kaufman and Emmanuel Hassassian Monday, February 27, 2006; 1:00-2:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: Humanities Center, Global Cultures, GPACS, History, MESSI, SAS Author Friday, February 24, 2006; 1:00-4:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: MESSI, Levantine Center LA-OC, History, SAS Japanese American Day of Remembrance Wednesday, February 22, 2006; 6:00-9:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsor: APSA Civil Rights in the US: Past, Present and Future? Thursday, February 16, 2006; 8:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: 2005-2006 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow Series Artists for Peace Week Wednesday, February 15, 2006; 6:00-9:00pm Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: MESSI, Anthropology, History, International Studies, GPAC's, Levantine Center LA-OC, 2005-2006 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow Series An Ethiopian Jew Monday, January 30, 2006 Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and The Center for Global Peace Conflict Studies Latinos and Jews: A Conference on Historical and Contemporary Connections Monday, January 23, 2006 Difficult Dialogues Co-Sponsors: The Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and The Center for Global Peace Conflict Studies
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